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Pulling a Murdoc 

Forming a band in a way that is considered to be unethical, this could be (but is not limited to), a record label grouping good looking music prodigies together to form a band, genetically creating band members or kidnapping various people and asking them to join your band.

The term got its name from Murdoc Niccals, a fictional member of the band Gorillaz, who basically met one of his band mates after putting him in a coma, kidnapped another, and found their 4th member in a fed ex crate when she was 10 (she mailed herself to them).

Alternative names include: Pulling a Murdoc Niccals, Pulling a Niccals, Murdoc moment, Murdoc Niccals moment and Niccals moment
“Hey did you hear about Alex’s new band?”
“Yeah, that guy really is just pulling a Murdoc at this point”
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Pulling a Murdoch 

A double murder-suicide. Named after First Officer William Murdoch who shot two people dead before taking his own life (as portrayed in the 1997 hit film Titanic).
"Holy crap, did you hear that Johnson got laid off? I hope he isn't thinking of coming back here with an AK-47 and pulling a Murdoch!"
Pulling a Murdoch by MisterHand December 21, 2009
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